IAU Commission 54: Optical & IR Interferometry

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IAU Commission 54: Optical & Infrared Interferometry

PRESIDENT - Guy Perrin Observatoire de Paris, section de Meudon 5, place Jules Janssen F-92195 Meudon FRANCE Phone: +33 1 45 07 79 63 Fax: +33 1 45 07 28 06 Email: Guy.Perrin(@)obspm.fr	VICE PRESIDENT - Stephen Ridgway National Optical Astronomy Observatory PO Box 26732 Tucson, Arizona 85716 USA Phone: +1 520 318 8297 Fax: +1 520 318 8360 Email: sridgway(@)noao.edu

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Gilles Duvert (France) Reinhard Genzel (Germany) Christopher Haniff (United Kingdom) Christian Hummel (Germany) Peter Lawson (USA) John Monnier (USA) Didier Queloz (Switzerland) Peter Tuthill (Australia) Farrokh Vakili (France)	SECRETARY - Gerard van Belle European Southern Observatory Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 85748 Garching GERMANY Phone: +49 89 3200 6546 Fax: +49 89 3202 2362 Email: gerard.van.belle(@)eso.org

Mission Statement

The Commission on Optical/Infrared Interferometry serves to coordinate international collaborations on scientific and technical matters relating to long-baseline optical and infrared interferometry. As a commission within Division IX (Optical and Infrared Techniques) its focus is to establish scientific and technical standards that facilitate the future growth of the field.

The Commission promotes the science of interferometry through collaborations with individual science commissions within the IAU, most particularly with the Commissions on Astrometry (C8), Double and Multiple Stars (C26), Variable Stars (C27), and Theory of Stellar Astmospheres (C36).

The Commission continues the work begun through the Working Group on Optical/IR Interferometry, which established the Optical Interferometry Data Exchange format (published in 2005) and its supporting software, and continues the series of optical/IR interferometry imaging contests (held in June 2004 and May 2006). The website of the Commission is hosted at the Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News (OLBIN). This website and its associated Email Forum exist to further the interests of the optical interferometry community and goals of Commission 54.

Working Groups

The work of the Commission takes place primarily within the Commission's Working Groups. These working groups may include:

Working Group on Interferometry Data Standards
Working Group on Imaging Algorithms
Working Group on Calibrator Stars
Working Group on Future Large Arrays

Working Group on Intererometry Data Standards

Working Group Website | Data Standard

The near-term goal of the working group is to develop enhancements to the OIFITS data exchange standard, in particular: 1) Standardise and incorporate existing practice into the standard; 2) Prioritise enhancements that would benefit a broad cross-section of the optical interferometry community; 3) Represent the interests of the major facility optical interferometers.

Working Group on Imaging Algorithms

Interferometry imaging beauty contests
2004 | 2006 | 2008

Working Group on Calibrator Stars

Working Group Website
Resources

The working group on calibrator stars belongs to the IAU Commission 54 on Optical/Infrared Interferometry, under the Division IX (Optical and Infrared Techniques) of the IAU. Among the tasks of the working group are the coordination of the work on interferometric calibrator data bases carried out within individual interferometer projects, and the overview of resources and tools for observers looking for suitable calibrators.

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